Steeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seam gas control method based on binary composite liquid

ABSTRACT

A steeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seam gas control method based on a binary composite liquid. The method includes taking a clean fracturing fluid system and a microemulsion as a binary composite liquid. The method includes injecting the binary composite liquid into a coal mass by means of a main hydraulic fracturing and permeability improvement method of hydraulic fracturing and water jet slotting to form a coal mass gas extraction system of binary composite liquid fracturing and permeability improvement. The method includes investigating and analyzing a gas control effect of the steeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seam according to change characteristics and analysis of gas extraction flow rate, change characteristics and analysis of permeability coefficient of coal seam, change characteristics and analysis of gas natural desorption speed of coal mass, change characteristics and analysis of gas concentration of return air flow of working face and theoretical analysis of drilling cuttings index.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of coal seam gascontrol, and in particular to a steeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seamgas control method based on a binary composite liquid.

BACKGROUND

China is a country with relatively rich coal resources. The coalindustry has an important strategic position in national economy, andcoal energy accounts for 60%-70% of primary energy. Therefore, coal willbe the major energy of China for long. In a coal mining process, gas isa major risk factor in the coal mine that may cause disasters such asover-limit gas accumulation and coal and gas outbursts, thereby bringinghidden hazards to the safe production of the current coal mine. Most ofcoal seams in the main mining districts of Xinjiang in China are morethan 8 m in thickness and belong to steeply-inclined ultra-thick coalseams. With the increasing mining depth of the steeply-inclinedultra-thick coal seam, gas content, gas pressure and gas emission in aworking face are increased. Further, special geological conditions andmining techniques of the steeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seams alsocontribute to the extremely complex gas disasters during mining. As aresult, the gas disaster seems to become an important factor affectingthe safe and efficient production of the steeply-inclined ultra-thickcoal seams in the mining districts of Xinjiang.

At present, for gas problems encountered during the coal mining of thesteeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seams with high gas and lowpermeability, it is required to perform efficiency extraction for gas incoal masses by increasing permeability and penetrability of the coalmasses through hydraulic fracturing. Since some steeply-inclinedultra-thick coal masses have undeveloped and hard joint fissures, it isdifficult to perform hydraulic fracturing for the coal seams, and thusan expected permeability improvement effect cannot be achieved. Further,with the increasing coal mining depth, it is more difficult to carry outhydraulic fracturing for the coal seams. When the hydraulic fracturingand permeability improvement technique is performed for the coal seams,a traditional fracturing fluid has a low viscosity and incompleteflowback, and thus will cause severe pollution to formations; the coalseam surface has hydrophobic and oleophilic properties, and a water-coalcontact face has excessive large surface tension, so that water cannotspread normally on the coal seam surface, thereby causing problems suchas difficulty in wetting the coal masses and unsatisfactory gasextraction effect of hydraulic fracturing and permeability improvement.

In summary, the prior art is to be further improved and developed due tolack of a set of rapid and efficient coal mine gas control technique andmethod for steeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seams.

SUMMARY

The object of the present disclosure is to provide a steeply-inclinedultra-thick coal seam gas control method based on a binary compositeliquid. The method includes: firstly, developing anenvironment-friendly, clean and efficient binary composite liquid with aclean and non-flowback fracturing fluid and a novel efficient andwetting microemulsion as main; and then forming a rapid and efficientcoal mass gas extraction promotion technology system of binary compositeliquid fracturing and permeability improvement by means of the technicalapproaches such as high-pressure hydraulic slotting and fracturing.Thus, the method ensures safety of mining work and improves a gascontrol effect.

The technical solution of the present disclosure is described below.

A steeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seam gas control method based on abinary composite liquid includes the following steps.

At step a, a binary composite liquid including a clean fracturing fluidsystem and a microemulsion is prepared.

The clean fracturing fluid system uses a worm-like micelle formed bymixing a cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide solution and a sodiumsalicylate solution as a fracturing fluid base solution, potassiumchloride as a stabilizer, and a mixture of lubricating oil and water asa gel breaker.

A method of preparing the microemulsion includes: adding a sodiumdodecyl sulfate (SDS) surfactant, an ethanol cosurfactant and keroseneinto water; performing a centrifugation test according to the Young'sequation and characterizing a wetting effect by a wetting contact angle;and selecting an ingredient blending ratio range at the time of the besteffect of the microemulsion by comparing contact angles of water-coal,SDS-coal and emulsion-coal so as to determine the most appropriatemicroemulsion, and mixing the selected microemulsion with the cleanfracturing fluid system into the binary composite liquid.

At step b, the binary composite liquid is injected into a coal mass bymeans of a main hydraulic fracturing and permeability improvement methodof hydraulic fracturing and water jet slotting to form a coal mass gasextraction system of binary composite liquid fracturing and permeabilityimprovement.

At step c, investigation and analysis are performed for a gas controleffect of the steeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seam according to changecharacteristics and analysis of gas extraction flow rate, changecharacteristics and analysis of permeability coefficient of coal seam,change characteristics and analysis of gas natural desorption speed ofcoal mass, change characteristics and analysis of gas concentration ofreturn air flow of working face and theoretical analysis of drillingcuttings index. In this way, the gas control of the steeply-inclinedultra-thick coal seam is realized.

As a preferable solution of the present disclosure, the concentration ofthe cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide solution is 1%-5%, theconcentration of the sodium salicylate solution is 0.5%-4.5%, and theaddition amount of potassium chloride is 1%-5% of the weight of thefracturing fluid base solution.

As another preferable solution of the present disclosure, the method ofdetermining the most appropriate microemulsion at step a is describedbelow:

the SDS surfactant is ground and then added into a container holdingwarm distilled water, and then stirred thoroughly to completedissolution of the SDS surfactant so as to prepare an SDS solution witha mass fraction being 1%;

ethanol, distilled water, the SDS solution and kerosene are mixed at acertain ratio at room temperature for 1 hour to allow the foursubstances to spontaneously form a transparent and homogenousmicroemulsion, where microemulsion synthesis is performed in batchesaccording to the water-oil ratios of 2:1, 1:2 and 1:1 respectively toprepare the transparent microemulsions of oil-in-water (O/W) type,water-in-oil (W/O) type and bi-continuous type.

Coal sample preparation: raw coal is crushed and then pulverized using apulverizer and then screened to obtain a coal powder with particle sizesbeing 20 meshes, 120 meshes and 325 meshes, 0.6 g of coal powder isweighed using a balance and then placed into a mould of a cake press andthen compacted with a force of 20 Mpa to obtain a coal cake, and aplurality of to-be-tested coal cakes with different particle sizes areobtained by repeating the pressing procedure.

The wetting characteristics of the three-phase microemulsions arecompared through centrifugation test and contact angle measurement in alaboratory to select a microemulsion with a small contact angle and thebest wettability as the most appropriate microemulsion.

Further, at step b, the fracturing system in the hydraulic fracturingmethod includes a fracturing pump, a water tank, a pressure gauge, astop valve, a flowmeter, a pressure sensor and a special boreholepacker. The pressure sensor and the flowmeter are used to monitor a flowrate and an instantaneous pressure amount and an accumulative pressureamount in a pipe respectively, and the fracturing pump pumps water inthe water tank into a borehole through the pipe.

Further, during water jet slotting, a drilling-cutting integrated drillbit is selected. The drilling-cutting integrated drill bit includes adrill rod, a reaming drill bit, a control device, a drill bit, a nozzle,a control valve and a water outlet. The control device is locatedbetween the reaming drill bit and the drill bit, the control valve islocated in the control device, and the control device controls openingand closing of the pipe through the control valve.

Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure brings the followingbeneficial effects.

In the method of the present disclosure, the binary composite liquidwith the clean fracturing fluid system and the novel microemulsion asmain is developed and injected into the coal masses for application bymeans of the main hydraulic fracturing and permeability improvementtechnique of high-pressure hydraulic fracturing and water jet slotting,so as to extract the gas in the coal masses and carry out investigationand analysis for the extraction gas control effect of thesteeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seam. The permeability improvementeffect is investigated and analyzed in the following major aspects:change characteristics and analysis of gas extraction flow rate, changecharacteristics and analysis of permeability coefficient of coal seam,change characteristics and analysis of gas natural desorption speed ofcoal mass, change characteristics and analysis of gas concentration ofreturn air flow of working face and theoretical analysis of drillingcuttings index. A rapid and efficient coal mass gas extraction promotiontechnology system of binary composite liquid fracturing and permeabilityimprovement is formed to ensure the safety of the mining work andimprove the gas control effect.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present disclosure is further described below in combination withaccompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating preparation of a binary compositeliquid according to an example of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a drilling-cutting integrateddrill bit in hydraulic slotting according to an example of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating arrangement of a hydraulicfracturing system according to an example of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a process of investigatingand analyzing gas control effect of a steeply-inclined ultra-thick coalseam according to an example of the present disclosure.

Numerals of the drawings are described as follows:

1—drill rod; 2—reaming drill bit; 3—control device; 4—drill bit;5—nozzle; 6—control valve; 7—water outlet; 8—stop valve; 9—pressuregauge; 10—three-way pipe; 11—flowmeter; 12—pressure sensor; 13—principalmachine; 14—electric motor; 15—gearbox; 16—connection piece;17—fracturing pump; 18—unloading valve; 19—underground water supplypipe; 20—water tank; 21—quick capsule borehole packer; 22—high-pressurepipe.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

The present disclosure provides a steeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seamgas control method based on a binary composite liquid. To make theadvantages and technical solutions of the present disclosure clearer,the present disclosure is described in detail below in combination withspecific examples.

In the present disclosure, a steeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seam gascontrol method based on a binary composite liquid includes the followingsteps.

At step 1, for problems of the traditional fracturing fluid such as lowviscosity, poor sand-carrying performance, formation pollution andcomplex flowback procedures, an ingredient blending ratio of a cationicviscoelastic surfactant-clean fracturing fluid with cetyl trimethylammonium bromide, potassium chloride and sodium salicylate as main and agel breaking manner are preferably selected in the present disclosure toprepare a fracturing fluid system indoors and determine an ingredientblending ratio of the cationic viscoelastic surfactant-clean fracturingfluid system and a gel breaking scheme in an optimization test. Theperformances of the screened-out fracturing fluid system mainlyincluding shear resistance, rheology, filtration loss, harmfulness, gelbreaking, penetrability and the like are evaluated by instruments suchas a viscometer, a filter tester and a contact angle meter. After indoorexperimental evaluation and study are performed for the performances ofthe screened-out fracturing fluid system, a VES clean and non-flowbackfracturing fluid system applicable to coal seam characteristics isdetermined to really improve the application effect of the existingtraditional fracturing fluid.

At step 2, due to ultra-low surface tension of the microemulsion, theparticle size of solution droplets is controlled to a nanometer level toimprove wettability of the coal seams and displace gas. Components andblending ratios of the microemulsions of O/W type, W/O type andbi-continuous type are firstly determined in the present disclosure.There are many formulations for the microemulsion. Because of thehydrophobicity of coal, the microemulsion is prepared by adding an SDSsurfactant, an ethanol cosurfactant and kerosene into water, so that thesolution can more strongly spread over the coal surface due to itsultra-low surface tension when the coal seam is wetted, therebyachieving a better wetting effect. Next, a centrifugation test isperformed according to Young's equation and a wetting effect isrepresented by a wetting contact angle. The ingredient blending ratiorange at the time of best effect of the microemulsion is selected bycomparing contact angles of water-coal, SDS-coal and emulsion-coal todetermine the most appropriate microemulsion which is injected into acoal mass to achieve purposes of reducing the surface tension of thecoal mass, increasing the wettability and displacing the gas.

At step 3, the binary composite liquid with the clean and non-flowbackfracturing fluid and the novel microemulsion as main is injected intothe coal mass by means of the main hydraulic fracturing and permeabilityimprovement technique of high-pressure hydraulic fracturing and waterjet slotting so as to form a key coal mass gas extraction techniquesystem of binary composite liquid fracturing and permeabilityimprovement. The major steps to be carried out on site include:drilling→hydraulic slotting→sealing with borehole packer→cleanfracturing fluid→hydraulic fracturing→microemulsion injection→gasextraction.

At step 4, investigation and analysis are performed for the gas controleffect of the steeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seam according to changecharacteristics and analysis of gas extraction flow, changecharacteristics and analysis of permeability coefficient of coal seam,change characteristics and analysis of gas natural desorption speed ofcoal mass, change characteristics and analysis of gas concentration ofreturn air flow of working face and theoretical analysis of drillingcuttings index and the like, so as to finally achieve the efficient andrapid gas control effect of the steeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seam.

The steps of the present disclosure are specifically described below incombination with FIGS. 1-4.

In the present disclosure, the clean and non-flowback fracturing fluid(the clean fracturing fluid system) is developed in the followingprocedure: determining the blending ratio of the viscoelasticsurfactant-clean fracturing fluid system and the gel breaking schemethrough the indoor optimization experiment, and evaluating theperformances of the screened-out fracturing fluid system by theinstruments such as a viscometer, a filter tester and a contact anglemeter and finally obtaining the clean and non-flowback fracturing fluidof the coal seam. As shown in FIG. 1, the fracturing fluid is obtainedthrough the following steps.

At step 1, experimental materials such as cetyl trimethyl ammoniumbromide (CTAB), sodium salicylate (NaSal), potassium chloride (KCl),sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), sodium persulfate (Na₂S₂O₈) and ammoniumpersulfate ((NH₄)₂S₂O₈) were selected. Gasoline, diesel and lubricatingoil with a main ingredient being a hydrocarbon mixture such as alkane,cycloalkane, aromatic hydrocarbon were needed for the experiment. Coalsamples of the steeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seams of XinjiangWudong Coal Mine were selected, and the coal samples were collected onsite from the coal mine, and then sealed and transported to a laboratoryin time. Distilled water was used during the experiment, and all reagentmaterials did not require further purification.

At step 2, cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide solutions C1 with differentconcentrations (1%, 2%, 3%, 4% and 5%) and sodium salicylate solutionsC2 with different concentrations (0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, 2%, 2.5%, 3%, 3.5%, 4%and 4.5%) were prepared with the distilled water at room temperature, asolution of 400 ml was prepared by adding C2 with each concentrationinto C1 with each concentration, fully mixed and stirred for 2 minutes,and then sheared using a 12-speed rotary viscometer at a shear rate of170 s⁻¹ for 20 minutes to measure and compare the apparent viscosity ofeach concentration ratio.

At step 3, the ratio of the fracturing fluid with a satisfactoryviscosity was selected on the basis of step 2 to perform shear stabilitymeasurement and comparison. At room temperature, each fracturing fluidsystem of 400 ml prepared in step 2 was stirred for 2 minutes and thensheared by using the 12-speed rotary viscometer at the shear rate of 170s⁻¹ for 2 hours to observe and record a viscosity change of each ratioduring this period.

At step 4, to investigate the effect of anti-swelling agents withdifferent concentrations, potassium chloride, on the viscosity of thefracturing fluid, six 400 ml fracturing fluids were prepared accordingto the concentrations of the screened-out fracturing fluid systems, fiveof which contained KCL of 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% and 5% sequentially; sixfracturing fluids were sheared using the rotary viscometer at the shearrate of 170 s⁻¹ for 20 minutes to measure and compare their apparentviscosities.

At step 5, gel breaking schemes were made. In the first gel breakingscheme, gel breaking was performed for the fracturing fluid by selectinga conventional fracturing fluid gel breaker such as a strong oxidant andan anionic surfactant. Sodium persulfate, ammonium persulfate and sodiumlauryl sulfate were added into three prepared 100 ml VES fracturingfluid systems respectively until the fracturing fluid was completelybroken (viscosity <5 MPa·s). Breaking time, breaking viscosity andbreaking solution residue following gel breaking for the threefracturing fluid systems were tested. In the second gel breaking schemewhere dilution breaking test was conducted for the VES fracturing fluidusing water, dilution gel breaking was performed for 50 ml of preparedVES fracturing fluid using distilled water, that is, the distilled waterof 50 ml, 100 ml, 150 ml, 200 ml, 250 ml, 300 ml, and the like was addedinto the VES fracturing fluid sequentially so as to test thecorresponding viscosity of the diluted solution after each dilutionduring this period until the fracturing fluid was completely broken. Thethird gel breaking scheme was performed based on the second scheme:three prepared 50 ml VES fracturing fluids were diluted using distilledwater to 100 ml respectively and tested for their viscosities, and equalamounts of gasoline, diesel and lubricating oil were added into thediluted solutions of the three fracturing fluids respectively to recordthe breaking times and the breaking viscosities of three dilutedsolutions until the fracturing fluid was completed broken, and thevolumes of three oils required for completely breaking the VESfracturing fluid and the gel breaking time were tested.

At step 6, in combination with shortcomings of the application of theexisting domestic fracturing fluid and the industrial standardSY/T5017-2005 “Performance Evaluation Method of Water-based FracturingFluid”, the test of shear performance, rheological performance and gelbreaking performance was performed using the ZNN-D12 rotary viscometer,the test of filtration loss performance was completed using a GGSD71high-temperature and high-pressure filter tester, and the test ofharming performance was completed using a centrifuge and an electricthermostatic drying oven. Specific compatibility and performanceoptimization were performed for the VES fracturing fluid system througha series of tests to select a fracturing fluid system most appropriatefor the coal seams.

In the present disclosure, the novel, efficient and wettingmicroemulsion with ultra-low interfacial tension and stablethermodynamics is developed and injected into the coal mass to displacethe gas so as to greatly improve the gas extraction effect. As shown inFIG. 1, the development of the microemulsion includes the followingsteps.

A. Experimental materials: anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate(SDS), kerosene, distilled water, 98% ethanol, and the like.

B. Experimental instruments: an ME104 electronic balance, a pulverizer,sieves of 20 meshes, 120 meshes and 325 meshes, a cake press, aninjector, an optical contact angle meter and an NDJ-79 rotaryviscometer.

C. Experimental scheme: the white powder of sodium dodecyl sulfate wasground and then added into a beaker holding warm distilled water, andstirred uniformly with a glass rod until the white powder was completelydissolved, so as to prepare an SDS solution of 1 wt %. Ethanol,distilled water, the SDS solution and kerosene were mixed at a certainratio at room temperature for 1 hour to allow the four substances tospontaneously form a transparent and homogenous microemulsion, where themicroemulsion synthesis was performed in batches according to thewater-oil ratios of 2:1, 1:2 and 1:1 respectively to prepare transparentmicroemulsions of oil-in-water type (W/O type), water-in-oil type (O/Wtype) and bi-continuous type.

D. Coal sample preparation: raw coal was crushed and pulverized using apulverizer, and then screened to obtain coal powder with particle sizesbeing 20 meshes, 120 meshes and 325 meshes. 0.6 g of coal powder wasweighed using a balance, then placed into a mould of a cake press andthen compacted with a force of 20 Mpa to obtain a coal cake and aplurality of to-be-tested coal cakes with different particle sizes areobtained by repeating the pressing procedure.

E. Characteristics such as wettability of the three-phase microemulsionswere compared through the centrifugation test and the contact anglemeasurement in a laboratory to select a microemulsion with a smallcontact angle and the best wettability to displace the gas so as toguide underground engineering application.

In the present disclosure, before hydraulic slotting is performed,drilling bit of the traditional hydraulic slotting is re-designed toenable the drill bit to have the functions of drilling and slotting, soas to reduce the bit-in and bit-out time . As shown in FIG. 2, thedrilling-cutting integrated drill bit includes a drill rod 1, a reamingdrill bit 2, a control device 3, a drill bit 4, a nozzle 5, a controlvalve 6 and a water outlet 7. The drilling-cutting integrated drill bitis different from an ordinary drill bit as follows: the control device 3is provided between the reaming drill bit 2 and the ordinary drill bit.The control device 3 may control opening and closing of a pipe accordingto the control valve 6. When the pressure is low, the pipe is opened andwhen switching is performed to the high pressure, the device is startedand the pipe is closed. During drilling, the system requires a low waterpressure and the control device 3 does not work, so that water flows outof the drill bit 4 and the nozzle 5, which is same as the traditionaldrilling process. After drilling is completed, when the drill bit isretreated from the borehole, the water pressure of the system isincreased, and the control device 3 is closed, so that the high-pressurewater can only be ejected from the nozzle 5 to act on a coal wall so asto form a high-pressure cutting force. A circular crack will be formedin a direction perpendicular to the borehole after cutting.

In the present disclosure, before hydraulic fracturing is performed, thefracturing system is preliminarily designed according to the“Regulations for Designing and Construction of Underground Fracturing inCoal Mine”. The fracturing system is arranged as shown in FIG. 3. Thefracturing system mainly includes the following components: a stop valve8, a pressure gauge 9, a three-way pipe 10, a flowmeter 11, a pressuresensor 12, a principal machine 13, an electric motor 14, a gearbox 15, aconnection piece 16, a fracturing pump 17, an unloading valve 18, anunderground water supply pipe 19, a water tank 20, a quick capsuleborehole packer 21 and a high-pressure pipe 22. The pressure sensor 12and the flowmeter 11 are used to monitor a flow rate, an instantaneouspressure amount and an accumulative pressure amount in a pipe. Thecontrol panels of the monitoring instrument and the fracturing pump 17should be placed in a disaster-avoiding commander compartment. A watersupply system and a power supply system are to be used for thefracturing system. Therefore, prior to arrangement of equipment asystematic investigation is firstly performed for an industrial loopnetwork and an underground water supply pipe system of a mine to ensurecomplete water supply pipe and power supply line are provided at anequipment placement location. No equipment can be arranged within 50 mfrom a fracturing hole, and activities or operations of workers areprohibited within 80 m from the fracturing hole during fracturing. Thefracturing pump 17 pumps water in the water tank 20 into the boreholethrough the high-pressure pipe 22 to fracture the coal mass with thehigh-pressure water. When the high-pressure pipe 22 is laid, bending isminimized to reduce a pressure drop of the pipe.

In the present disclosure, the binary composite liquid with the cleanfracturing fluid system and the novel microemulsion as main is developedand injected into the coal mass for application by means of the mainhydraulic fracturing and permeability improvement technique ofhigh-pressure hydraulic fracturing and water jet slotting, so as toextract the gas in the coal mass and investigate and analyze the gascontrol effect of the steeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seam. Theinvestigation and analysis are performed for the permeabilityimprovement effect in the following major aspects: changecharacteristics and analysis of gas extraction flow rate, changecharacteristics and analysis of permeability coefficient of coal seam,change characteristics and analysis of gas natural desorption speed ofcoal mass, change characteristics and analysis of gas concentration ofreturn air flow of working face and theoretical analysis of drillingcuttings index. The permeability coefficient of the coal seam indicatesa difficulty of flowing of gas in the coal seam, which is measured byunstable radial flow method. After the borehole is opened, the gas inthe coal seam flows toward the borehole and thus a gas flow field in thecoal seam around the borehole belongs to an unstable radial flow field.The calculation formula of the coal seam permeability is as shown inTable 1.

TABLE 1 Calculation formula of coal seam permeability Conversion formulaT_(N) a b Calculation formula $\quad\begin{matrix}{A = \frac{q \cdot r_{1}}{p_{0}^{2} - p_{1}^{2}}} \\{B = \frac{4 \cdot p_{0}^{1.5} \cdot t}{\alpha \cdot r_{1}^{2}}} \\{T_{N} = {B \cdot \lambda}}\end{matrix}$ 10⁻²-1        1-10    10-10²   10²-10³ 1      1      0.93   0.588 −0.38    −0.28    −0.20    −0.12 $\lambda = {A^{1.61}B^{\frac{1}{1.64}}}$$\lambda = {A^{1.39}B^{\frac{1}{2.56}}}$$\lambda = {1.1\; A^{1.25}B^{\frac{1}{4}}}$$\lambda = {1.83\; A^{1.14}B^{\frac{1}{7.3}}}$ 10³~10⁵ 0.512 −0.10 $\lambda = {2.1\; A^{1.11}B^{\frac{1}{9}}}$ 10⁵~10⁷ 0.344 −0.065$\lambda = {3.14\; A^{1.07}B^{\frac{1}{14.4}}}$

During calculation, a value λ is firstly obtained by selecting anyformula, and then, a calculation result is substituted into T_(N)=B×λ.If the value T_(N) is consistent with the range of the value T_(N) inthe selected formula, the formula is correctly selected. Ifinconsistent, the appropriate formula may be found according to a rangeof the calculated value T_(N).

Parts unmentioned in the present disclosure may be realized by referringto the prior art.

It is to be noted that any equivalent modifications or obviousvariations made by those skilled in the art under the teachings of thepresent specification shall be encompassed in the scope of protection ofthe present disclosure.

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 6. A steeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seam gas controlmethod based on a binary composite liquid, comprising the followingsteps: at step a, preparing the binary composite liquid comprising aclean fracturing fluid system and a microemulsion, wherein, the cleanfracturing fluid system uses a worm-like micelle formed by mixing acetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide solution and a sodium salicylatesolution as a fracturing fluid base solution, potassium chloride as astabilizer, and a mixture of lubricating oil and water as a gel breaker;a method of preparing the microemulsion comprises: adding a sodiumdodecyl sulfate (SDS) surfactant, an ethanol cosurfactant and keroseneinto water; performing a centrifugation test according to the Young'sequation and characterizing a wetting effect by a wetting contact angle;and selecting an ingredient blending ratio range at the time of besteffect of the microemulsion by comparing contact angles of water-coal,SDS-coal and emulsion-coal to determine the most appropriatemicroemulsion, and mixing the selected microemulsion with the cleanfracturing fluid system into the binary composite liquid; at step b,injecting the binary composite liquid into a coal mass by means of ahydraulic fracturing method and a water jet slotting method to form acoal mass gas extraction system of binary composite liquid fracturingand permeability improvement; and at step c, performing investigationand analysis for a gas control effect of a steeply-inclined ultra-thickcoal seam according to change characteristics and analysis of gasextraction flow rate, change characteristics and analysis ofpermeability coefficient of coal seam, change characteristics andanalysis of gas natural desorption speed of coal mass, changecharacteristics and analysis of gas concentration of return air flow ofworking face and theoretical analysis of drilling cuttings index, so asto realize gas control of the steeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seam: atstep a, the method of determining the most appropriate microemulsioncomprises: grinding and adding the SDS surfactant into a containerholding warm distilled water, and stirring the solution thoroughly tocomplete dissolution of the SDS surfactant, so as to prepare an SDSsolution with a mass fraction being 1%; and mixing ethanol, distilledwater, the SDS solution and kerosene at a certain ratio at roomtemperature for 1 hour to allow the four substances to spontaneouslyform a transparent and homogenous microemulsion, wherein microemulsionsynthesis is performed in batches at water-oil ratios of 2:1, 1:2 and1:1 respectively to prepare transparent microemulsions of oil-in-watertype, water-in-oil type and bi-continuous type; a method of preparingcoal samples comprises: crushing raw coal and then pulverizing the rawcoal using a pulverizer, and then screening the pulverized raw coal toobtain coal powder with particle sizes being 20 meshes, 120 meshes and325 meshes, weighing 0.6 g of coal powder using a balance, placing thecoal powder into a mould of a cake press and then compacting the coalpowder with a force of 20 Mpa to obtain a coal cake, and repeating thepressing procedure to obtain a plurality of to-be-tested coal cakes withdifferent particle sizes; wetting characteristics of the three-phasemicroemulsions are compared through centrifugation test and contactangle measurement in a laboratory to select a microemulsion with a smallcontact angle and the best wettability as the most appropriatemicroemulsion.
 7. The steeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seam gas controlmethod based on a binary composite liquid according to claim 6, whereinthe concentration of the cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide solution is1%-5%, the concentration of the sodium salicylate solution is 0.5%-4.5%,and the addition amount of potassium chloride is 1%-5% of the weight ofthe fracturing fluid base solution.
 8. The steeply-inclined ultra-thickcoal seam gas control method based on a binary composite liquidaccording to claim 6, wherein at step b, the fracturing system in thehydraulic fracturing method comprises a fracturing pump, a water tank, apressure gauge, a stop valve, a flowmeter, a pressure sensor and aspecial borehole packer, wherein the pressure sensor and the flowmeterare used to monitor a flow rate, an instantaneous pressure amount and anaccumulative pressure amount in a pipe, and the fracturing pump pumpswater in the water tank into a borehole through the pipe.
 9. Thesteeply-inclined ultra-thick coal seam gas control method based on abinary composite liquid according to claim 8, wherein during water jetslotting, a drilling-cutting integrated drill bit is selected, whereinthe drilling-cutting integrated drill bit comprises a drill rod, areaming drill bit, a control device, a drill bit, a nozzle, a controlvalve and a water outlet, the control device is located between thereaming drill bit and the drill bit, the control valve is located in thecontrol device, and the control device controls opening and closing ofthe pipe through the control valve.